tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621965554877609962024-03-21T09:21:11.881-05:00Akiko White Art Welcome to my blog. My interest includes mothering, baking, farming, writing, drawing, illustrating and painting. If you have a similar calling or would like to hear the ramblings of a creative soul, then I would love to be an inspiration.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62196555487760996.post-70301254764927470552016-06-30T16:31:00.001-05:002017-01-06T09:50:10.936-06:00Beginner Cake Classes I<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Rebecca Sheer has a wonderful little cake shop on the west side of San Antonio, Texas. Make your way over and say hi when you get a chance, and look for me teaching various classes there in the future.</div>
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This is the watercolor cover that I created for the Sweet Fairy Tales Book. I took something from everyone's cake and added it into the illustration. I was going for a vintage feel and I think I achieved it. </div>
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I created this pen and ink illustration and 45 watercolor illustration portraits for a project where 45 international cake artist came together to make awareness for literature and homeless children. Each artist took a lullaby and created a sugar piece to go with it. All proceeds for this book will go to a organization called <a href="http://www.projectnightnight.org/" target="_blank">Project Night Night</a>. </div>
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Here is the one of my cakelustrations that I did for the rhyme "Come Out and Play"</div>
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Girls and boys, come out to play,<br />
The moon doth shine as bright as day;<br />
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />And come with your playfellows into the street.<br />Come with a whoop, come with a call,<br />Come with a good will or not at all.<br />Up the ladder and down the wall,<br />A half-penny roll will serve us all.<br />You find milk, and I’ll find flour,<br />And we’ll have a pudding in half an hour.</span></div>
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This is the caklustration for "What are Little Boys Made Of?"</div>
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What are little boys made of, made of?<br />
What are little boys made of?<br />
“Snaps and snails, and puppy-dogs’ tails;<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />And that’s what little boys are made of.”<br /><br />What are little girls made of, made of?<br />What are little girls made of?<br />“Sugar and spice, and all that’s nice;<br />And that’s what little girls are made of.”</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.sweetfairytales.org/" target="_blank">Sweet Fairy Tales</a> Book is available online on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1532963653/sr=1-1/qid=1462293959/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1462293959&sr=1-1" target="_blank">www.Amazon.com</a><span id="goog_204493897"></span><span id="goog_204493898"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> a Cake Collaboration by Lizzo Marek of <a href="http://artisancakecompany.com/" target="_blank">Artisan Cake Company</a> Illustrated by <a href="http://www.akikowhite.com/" target="_blank">Akiko White Cakelustrator</a>, and edited by <a href="http://www.shanissweetcreations.com/" target="_blank">Shani Christenson</a>. The printed book is available online now! All proceeds benefit <a href="http://www.projectnightnight.org/" target="_blank">Project Night Night</a> an amazing non-profit that provides a blanket, stuffed animal and book to children who are in homeless shelters. You can see all the pages, read about the artists plus detail shots on <a href="http://www.sweetfairytales.org/">www.sweetfairytales.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62196555487760996.post-68162350639725090762016-05-05T10:12:00.000-05:002017-01-06T09:51:00.927-06:00Who's a Texas Sweetheart and Texas Scoundrel?I was honored to create a cake for the <a href="http://www.texassweethearts.com/" target="_blank">Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels</a>. It was raffled off at the Texas Library Associations annual conference. It was created using all 60 published books of the 13 authors who are a part of the Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels.<br />
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It was placed on a table in the Overlook Books Booth. Many librarians enjoyed seeing all the edible creations on the cake and most were commenting that they were a scoundrel librarian! </div>
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What I thought was quite amazing is that I picked the one person who put their name in the hat that was celebrating a birthday! How cool is that!!!</div>
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Here is the link to the Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels Blog post about my cake and the TLA.</div>
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Here are some process shots of the cake I made. The book covers were printed on wafer paper with edible ink. Then glued to gum paste with piping gel. I used wires to hold the books in place and to make the branches of the tree. The topper was made to be easily taken off and enjoyed on a bookshelf as a art piece. I enjoyed making this creation...even if I didn't get much sleep. ;)<br />
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I had a blast creating these drip cakes! I loved seeing my other cake artist friends make these and wanted to try them out! So what better time to do it than on Easter!!! I made 5 cakes in all.</div>
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These are the larger of the three. It is a lot of fun to make these because pretty much anything goes! I bought different easter candies. I added 2 different kinds of sprinkles, made home made cake balls and hand painted macarons for the top. I also made some vanilla and chocolate bark with sprinkles of course!</div>
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I purchased some cute little chocolate bunnies to put on top and wha la!</div>
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I also created some fondant flowers to add to the sugary goodness!</div>
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To make these you will need several kind of sweets to put on the top of the cakes. I advise to lay out all your toppers and start with the largest piece first. (for me it was the bunny) then build out from there. I put the bark on in various places, cake balls, macrons, candies and then added the sprinkles last. I use the rule of threes when doing the cacheable and macarons. I think it really keeps the design looking good but not to chaotic. If you decide to make one, fun with it! </div>
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Close up photos of the goodness! Yum!</div>
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Here you can see my hand painted macarons up close. </div>
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It is a vanilla cake with strawberry filling, buttercream icing and chocolate ganache as the drip.</div>
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I also made some Easter cake pops! Yum yum! </div>
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Time to dig in... I promise we didn't drool on the cakes! or maybe we did!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I just wanted to share the recipe that I found for the Guinness Stout Cupcakes that I made for St. Patricks day. They were so scrumptious and delicious. I was so pleased at the rise that I got out of the recipe and the chocolate ganache centers made them so full of chocolate deliciousness! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I created these for kid friendly folks, by taking out the liquor in the ganache and buttercream. The Guinness in the cupcakes are baked so there is no alcohol left after it has been cooked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I made a half recipe and got the perfect dozen cupcakes. I used the left over ganache to make my fillings for the mint chocolate macaroons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The cupcake recipe is adapted from the Brown Eyed Baker. Her site is well worth looking at. There are many yummy recipes there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the Cupcakes:<br />1 cup Guinness stout<br />1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature<br />¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder<br />2 cups all-purpose flour<br />2 cups granulated sugar<br />1½ teaspoons baking soda<br />¾ teaspoons salt<br />2 eggs<br />2/3 cup sour cream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. To Make the Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 cupcake cups with liners. Bring the Guinness and butter to a simmer in a heavy, medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the cocoa powder and whisk until the mixture is smooth. Then cool slightly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">2. Whisk in the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl to combine. Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and sour cream on medium speed until combined. Add the Guinness-chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and beat just to combine. Reduce the speed to low, add the flour mixture and beat briefly. Using a rubber spatula, fold the batter together until completely combined. Divide the batter among the cupcake liners using an ice-cream scoop. I find that I can get a more equal amount by using this method. Bake until a thin knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Cool the cupcakes on a rack.</span></div>
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Just squawking around the chicken coop today!<br />
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I'm loving this wafer paper as wings and feathers. So fun!</div>
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Squawk squawk! Trouble at the hen house! 😃</div>
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Here's one of the chicken's in all it's painted glory! I also played with some Photoshop brushes. I'm trying to figure out how to make my imagery more flat for publication purposes. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For those of you who have known me for awhile, you know how much trouble I have had with excema. It started about 15 years ago when I decided to stop taking allergy shots that I had been taken for over a year. It was getting more and more difficult to go to the allergy specialist office regularly, and I really had not seen much results. Little did I know that it had actually been helping all along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had also been suffering from tightness in my shoulders and upper body and both my hands were completely numb when I woke up in the morning. <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In just a few days of being on the elimination diet I noticed that these things disappeared. I </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">think that cutting out sugar had a huge part in this and maybe by eliminating things that I was sensitive too made the inflammation in my body disappear. I'm not a doctor, but I feel like food can really play a big part in how you feel! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So after figuring out the things that I was sensitive to, I decided to leave them out of my diet for awhile. At least until my skin heals. (I used the app mySymtoms to keep my diary) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I used an ice cream scoop to scoop out the cookies and I rolled them into a ball shape then flattened the into 2 1/2 to 3 inch cookies and placed about 2 inches apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake until cookies are golden brown, about 12-14 minutes. Cookies will be delicate straight out of the oven, so let them cool on the cookie sheet a couple minutes then transfer to a rack to cool. They may be kept in airtight containers for several days. </span></div>
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Picture book boot camp faculty <a href="http://www.denisefleming.com/" target="_blank">Denise Fleming</a>, <a href="http://www.patcummings.com/" target="_blank">Pat Cummings,</a> <a href="http://www.peterbrownstudio.com/" target="_blank">Peter Brown</a> and <a href="http://gregpizzoli.com/" target="_blank">Greg Pizzoli</a> </div>
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DAY 1</div>
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Arrival and Tour</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Touring the Highlights Magazine Offices<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carolynflores.com/" target="_blank">Carolyn Flores</a> loves her dinos!</td></tr>
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After an evening of touring, everyone had an opportunity to share their projects with all the attendees. There was so much talent to be seen! </div>
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This is the story that I presented about a koi fish. Junichi's story is based off of a Chinese folktale about how a koi fish endures swimming upstream to the top of a waterfall and becomes a dragon. This story represents why the koi kites became one of the symbols of Japan's children's day. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wouldn't it be nice to fly," thought Junichi.</td></tr>
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The faculty presented their work and we got busy on our manuscripts.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gregpizzoli.com/" target="_blank">Greg Pizzoli</a></td></tr>
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We separated into 4 different groups, each one lead by a faculty member. My group was lead by Greg and we were called the "Baby Pigeons". We worked all morning with our groups then in the afternoon presented our manuscripts to the other 3 faculty. We had only 15 minutes to share with each one and boy did those 15 minutes go by fast! It was a really intense day. I think I became more confused as the day went on and later found that I had to do a lot of purging of my work to make it a more finished peice.<br />
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The lodge is where I spent most of my Friday evening into the wee early morning of Saturday finalizing my manuscript and book dummies. Thanks to Carolyn for kept me company and let me use her drafting tools. I still think I was the last man standing that night.<br />
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It was fun to hear what everyone thought of my story. </div>
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I feel inspired to return home and work </div>
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on it until it is ready for submission.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketching by <a href="http://www.levyholm.com/LA/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Lori Ann Levy-Holm</a></td></tr>
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DAY 4</div>
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Final Workshop Day</div>
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I thought it would be fun to share a few little adornments for the cupcakes at our last meal together. So, I took out my trusty cake decorating tools and got to work. I did have to improvise on a few things.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolling out the modeling chocolate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the top of a salt shaker to shape the flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum! Yum! Yum!</td></tr>
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So they weren't as elaborate as I usually make things, but I think they were appreciated. The chef at Highlights kept telling me how slow I was...This is why I would probably fail at being on a cake show!<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to attend the </span><a href="http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Highlights Foundation</a><span style="text-align: start;">'s Picture Book Boot Camp. It was an incredible opportunity and I learned so much more about the industry. Thanks to the wonderful faculty; </span><a href="http://www.denisefleming.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Denise Fleming</a><span style="text-align: start;">, </span><a href="http://www.patcummings.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Pat Cummings,</a><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><a href="http://www.peterbrownstudio.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Peter Brown</a><span style="text-align: start;"> and </span><a href="http://gregpizzoli.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Greg Pizzoli</a><span style="text-align: start;"> for an unforgettable weekend! Thank you to Highlights for the wonderful facilities and to all the attendees who made my weekend so special!</span></div>
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at the That takes the Cake 2015 show in Austin, Texas</div>
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I think we all can say that our hands are of utmost importance when it comes to writing, illustrating and for me sculpting. I encourage you to look at the hashtag #creativeweaponsofchoice to see everyone's great tools!<div><div><br></div><div>Here are some photos of gadgets I love to use with my hands. </div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0AH5tbtWRsTQCKGuIKL7U1SrDkzsIUdKUUCuOOigbWQl-3S-n4gEuI3PhhPCt7Keym1kG-mCB-PhficNt0CKNDlIIxZUTUsCOjQNvNEcrXBwTolXJykhTBp_Av0_6p65UL-Nk50Dag/s640/blogger-image--1059947594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0AH5tbtWRsTQCKGuIKL7U1SrDkzsIUdKUUCuOOigbWQl-3S-n4gEuI3PhhPCt7Keym1kG-mCB-PhficNt0CKNDlIIxZUTUsCOjQNvNEcrXBwTolXJykhTBp_Av0_6p65UL-Nk50Dag/s640/blogger-image--1059947594.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK60h3Mw0q3bIjYqnvK1rZiolH40-egVDZlQ5pbf_wZM6iZrhr4bQEVIbQ-jnkOdqEahN869Rt8n6zlIadWozEYJtNYcU9LH662GN3bPe0chUw-SIPW8q1z5ro7f2L46Quy6hTpOBfQA/s640/blogger-image--1979019790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK60h3Mw0q3bIjYqnvK1rZiolH40-egVDZlQ5pbf_wZM6iZrhr4bQEVIbQ-jnkOdqEahN869Rt8n6zlIadWozEYJtNYcU9LH662GN3bPe0chUw-SIPW8q1z5ro7f2L46Quy6hTpOBfQA/s640/blogger-image--1979019790.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Rw22zKSAR5DRi99FuSqsM5JLsrDMFrEdiWhKPZGntjdL4OoNLJh8Sjb7b4qKDD0VukAxBKmh6KUNhJFZ9LPzQ3uECjKw0nB24lOVofkSHHNcOS1-IaW2drKW73SkBYBYJJxG46DsiQ/s640/blogger-image-1248353298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Rw22zKSAR5DRi99FuSqsM5JLsrDMFrEdiWhKPZGntjdL4OoNLJh8Sjb7b4qKDD0VukAxBKmh6KUNhJFZ9LPzQ3uECjKw0nB24lOVofkSHHNcOS1-IaW2drKW73SkBYBYJJxG46DsiQ/s640/blogger-image-1248353298.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u-hVFiXTPsoIrPNz6AFtMtsMj62jHMK5j_yxE4GUPf7ywnv9xmEhAKwaIArE-lakpmAj5YjOZjwWpOBX6ADQk0SRiKB-IIGV0Po9FnHwR9KAlzE6gmFI7nryKyo9L7KFMTq07cztOA/s640/blogger-image--896872129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u-hVFiXTPsoIrPNz6AFtMtsMj62jHMK5j_yxE4GUPf7ywnv9xmEhAKwaIArE-lakpmAj5YjOZjwWpOBX6ADQk0SRiKB-IIGV0Po9FnHwR9KAlzE6gmFI7nryKyo9L7KFMTq07cztOA/s640/blogger-image--896872129.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62196555487760996.post-13610031253231058672015-01-11T11:26:00.001-06:002015-01-11T16:07:11.434-06:00Work in Progress<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'm glad to have a friend here to help me with the structure of my rice crispy & modeling chocolate horse head. </span></div><div><br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JviytAlRqsuegfPUiGPapbAD_dFDbFbhlXqVwlSl1s1mU6DiX3D0YCRQ1AQIoSbyFgwsSDtDbOz2kshL2R459dahAFjXZSRLuGUWYZX0MQWrvAqjpLahw-k6OFe-FFTWy1f4Soaoxg/s640/blogger-image--336166611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JviytAlRqsuegfPUiGPapbAD_dFDbFbhlXqVwlSl1s1mU6DiX3D0YCRQ1AQIoSbyFgwsSDtDbOz2kshL2R459dahAFjXZSRLuGUWYZX0MQWrvAqjpLahw-k6OFe-FFTWy1f4Soaoxg/s640/blogger-image--336166611.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This should be fun to create! 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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62196555487760996.post-23853853015983605522014-03-24T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-25T12:49:24.484-05:00Writing Process Blog Tour<a href="http://www.chrischeng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/water-300x257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Water" border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://www.chrischeng.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/water-300x257.jpg" height="210" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);" title="Water" width="240" /></a>My New Aussie friend<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="http://www.chrischeng.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Cheng</a>, </span>invited me to join a writing process blog tour. He is an award winning author, speaker and advocate for the International Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Chris is in Bologna, Italy at this moment, organizing and running the<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="http://bologna.scbwi.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">SCBWI Booth</span></a> </span>for the <a href="http://www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it/en/the-best-venue-for-childrens-publisher-to-meet/878.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bologna Children's Book Fair</span></a>.<br />
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And now for my writing process...<br />
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<i>What am I working on now?</i><br />
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I am in the process of creating a story that will fit well with my cakelustrations. At this moment I am tightening up my portfolio, and then I will be putting together a manuscript that will go well with my portfolio. I'm not set on one story quite yet. I have several dancing around in my head and in my sketch book.<br />
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I am focusing right now on picture books. This is where my art fits in well at the moment, and I am planning on creating stories that will accompany them. There is the fun aspect of my illustrations being made out of cake, but I don't want my stories to only be about cake. I want my art to stand out in it's own light outside of the fact that it is made of sugar. It would be fun to illustrate a manuscript that has a sweet element of cake in it, but that is not my goal.<br />
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That being said, my stories tend to be about situations that I can relate too and have experienced. I am influenced by the Japanese culture because of my heritage. This makes me look at everything from a different angle. There needs to be more culture in the picture books that we have today, and I hope that I can contribute to adding more to the picture book genre in some way.<br />
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I write because I love it! I write what I do because I want my readers to be engaged in my story. I want them to laugh and have a great time. I want them to find themselves in the books that I make. I have three children and I've seen how these stories have created a world outside of reality, a world where a child can disappear in for just a little while, away from the normal conflicts of everyday life. I hope to make a connection to my readers and make them lifelong book lovers.<br />
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It starts with and idea or an experience that I have had. Usually when I have an idea, I just scribble it down in a notebook, napkin or anything that I can get my hands on. I want to get the idea down and on paper as soon as I think of it. Sometimes I write the story down and other times I loosly sketch a story board of my idea. It really just depends on how it comes to me in my head. Later, I will tighten up my story and put the words with the pictures or vise-versa. It's fun to come up with new things. I will rewrite and revise over and over until I feel it is tight enough to show someone. I may even shelf the work for a while and come back to it later with a fresh eye. I have many different people look and critique my work until I feel like it is ready to be put into a book dummy form. I submit my story once it is in a final book dummy form.<br />
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Next Monday look for my friend's blog post on their writing process:<br />
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<a href="http://howtobeachildrensbookillustrator.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mark Mitchell </span></a>is an illustrator, writer and teacher from Austin, Texas. He works mainly in watercolor and has a wonderful online class <a href="http://Make your Splashes" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Make your Splashes - Make your Marks.</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.carolyndeeflores.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Caroline Flores</a> </span>is an Author/illustrator from San Antonio, Texas. Carolyn has illustrated three books for children.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://joannamarple.com/" target="_blank">Joanna Marple</a> </span>is a writer of picture books and contemporary YA. Joanna's has a passion for many cultures because of her travels and experiences.<br />
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I'm had a great time at the <a href="https://www.scbwi.org/events/15th-annual-scbwi-winter-conference-in-new-york/" target="_blank">SCBWI Winter conference in NYC</a>. It's been so nice to meet up with old friends and make new friends too! But I must say the highlight of my whole weekend was to have lunch with the very talented and generous Illustrator <a href="http://www.tomie.com/" target="_blank">Tomie dePaola</a>.<br />
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Every year Tomie puts out a prompt for illustrators to create a piece of artwork for a competition through the SCBWI. This year's prompt was to illustrate a lovely poem that was written by <a href="http://www.linoliverproductions.com/" target="_blank">Lin Oliver.</a> She is one of the founders of the SCBWI. I was honored to win this award. SCBWI paid for my travel and conference and also the lunch with Tomie (which is a new addition this year).<br />
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We had a lovely lunch. I will really cherish this day! It was so nice to just be in the presence of someone that has been in this industry for over 50 years. He has over 250 books and is well respected in the children's book world.<br />
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Here Tomie was showing a little girl that was sitting next to us during lunch,<br />
his <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brava-Strega-Nona-Heartwarming-Pop-Up/dp/0399244530" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Brava Strega Nona heartwarming pop-up book</span></a></div>
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Announcing the winner of the 2014 Tomie dePaola Award</div>
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It all started with this one image, this cakelustration was the winner of the 2014 <a href="http://tomie.com/" target="_blank">Tomie dePaola </a>competition. As my award, the <a href="http://scbwi.org/" target="_blank">SCBWI</a> gave me an all expense paid trip to the 2014 SCBWI Winter conference in NYC! And the best part, lunch date with Tomie himself! I am still in awe of my experience!!! I want to share with you my full experience with the talented and generous Tomie dePaola, but that will have to be in another post. So for now I will talk to you about the amazing weekend experience with my new and old friends.</div>
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When I arrived, I immediately had to attend the Regional Team meeting where we spoke about what would transpire over the weekend. It was interesting to find out that there were over 1,080 members in attendance this year. I met other Illustrator Coordinators and Regional Advisers, from all over the nation, even from the UK and Australia. </div>
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They went to dinner and a show, but I spent time with my cousin and children in the city. We had some delicious New York Pizza!<br />
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The intensive started off with a bang with Mr. Tomie dePaola himself! Cecilia Yung, Art Director and Vice President, G.P. Putnum's Sons and Nancy Paulson Books prepared a Q & A about Tomie's journey as an children's book illustrator and how he uses the picture book as theater. </div>
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"Every book is like a child, you never know what will happen along the way. Once the baby is out, you don't feel the pain, only JOY!" -Tomie dePaola</div>
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<a href="http://www.bretthelquist.com/" target="_blank">Brett Helquist</a> illustrator/author spoke on casting and character development. He said, "you should always Practice, Practice, Practice...."</div>
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<a href="http://www.paulozelinsky.com/" target="_blank">Paul O. Zelinsky</a> spoke of illustrators on set design -staging. "Don't line up things, be aware of the elements, characters, and backgrounds and how they relate to each other." </div>
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Did I mention I had a stow away? A little rabbit named Magic, found his way into my suitcase and traveled with me to NYC. </div>
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Remember the Rabbit cupcake topper that I made for <a href="http://www.richardjessewatson.com/" target="_blank">Richard Jesse Watson</a>? It met an untimely death with a wild studio cat, so I made a non-edible replacement out of Sculpey. Magic will make a new home in Richard's studio soon.</div>
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He went with me to drop off my portfolio for the Portfolio Showcase. This is a showcase of over 200 illustrator portfolios of conference attendees. They are viewed by several industry professionals during the showcase that happened the evening after the intensives. </div>
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Lin Oliver started the conference with a few statistics and a short powerful speech from <a href="http://www.kristenfulton.org/" target="_blank">Kristen Fulton</a>. She was a veterinarian who became a writer soon after a life changing event happened to her. </div>
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Our first keynote was author <a href="http://www.jackgantos.com/" target="_blank">Jack Gantos</a>. He stated, "characters can carry a weak plot, but a weak plot cannot carry a character."</div>
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I went to <a href="http://www.laurentlinn.com/" target="_blank">Laurent Linn'</a>s break out session and he talked about how illustrators need to be socially connected through, Twitter, Facebook, blogging, and websites. Also illustrators should be using Postcards as a marketing tool. Maybe send out 3 or 4 a year to a selective mailing list.</div>
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The rest of my day was spent with Tomie and then some time in my room absorbing all that had transgressed throughout the day. Soon it was time to get ready for the evening party! I was the only Texan Regional team advisor for our Texas/Oklahoma table. Pretty surprising, but I guess we do have to travel pretty far to get to NYC. </div>
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Tomie and I cutting the cake</div>
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Tasting the cake. :)</div>
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And the winner is Akiko White with her illustration made with cake.</div>
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So nice to have my cheerleaders in the crowd.</div>
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My daughter and I - me and my writer friend <a href="http://www.tinawissner.com/" target="_blank">Tina Wissner</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.katemessner.com/" target="_blank">Kate Messner</a> was our next keynote speaker. She was amazing! She spoke on the power of failure. Kate had an opportunity to speak at <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/02/building-dark-worlds-to-make-a-better-one-kate-messner-at-ted2012/" target="_blank">TED Talks</a> in 2012. She left most of us laughing and crying at the same time. "Failure teaches us to celebrate the dance" -<a href="http://www.lauraludwighamor.com/aboutme.html" target="_blank">Laura Hamor</a></div>
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Keynote panel on the art of the picture book with <a href="http://www.peterbrownstudio.com/" target="_blank">Peter Brown</a>, <a href="http://www.theispot.com/artist/rcolon" target="_blank">Raul Colon</a>, <a href="http://marlafrazee.com/" target="_blank">Marla Frazee</a>, <a href="http://www.oliverjeffers.com/" target="_blank">Oliver Jeffers</a>, <a href="http://www.shadrastrickland.com/" target="_blank">Shadra Strickland </a>moderated by<a href="http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/index.asp" target="_blank"> Arthur Levine</a>.</div>
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Lulu was a rainbow swirl vanilla cake, buttercream frosting, gum-paste and fondant. I'm pretty sure everyone enjoyed this colorful cake.<br />
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As I rushed out the door to the Austin SCBWI Conference, I forgot the most important piece to my auction donation, the character. I was so glad that my husband delivered the mouse for my typewriter cake because it was a big hit.<br />
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The first keynote was <a href="http://mattdelapena.com/" target="_blank">Matt de la Pena</a>. He is the author of five acclaimed Young Adult novels.<br />
Matt said, "you should put your head down and get into it, do what you do and you'll be successful!"<br />
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He poised the question, "why is it that success is considered so much more important than the beautiful possibilities that exist before it?"<br />
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I took the illustrators track and listened to <a href="http://www.laurentlinn.com/" target="_blank">Laurent Linn</a> and <a href="http://www.kelmurphy.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Murphy</a> spoke about the collaboration between art directors and illustrators. It was nice to see the full process of the book take place from both points a view.<br />
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Kelly Murphy did the next keynote. Her illustrations are beautiful and give a real sense of the mood that she is trying to convey.<br />
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Laurent Linn did the afternoon break out on materials that illustrators use and how to market in what seems to be a sea of illustrators.<br />
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I had a portfolio review with Kelly Murphy and she gave me some really great tips for my own illustrations. She even said it would be interesting to see more of the element of cake in my illustrations. She is also looking forward to a story that would go along with my cakelustrations.<br />
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The next morning was the illustrator's intensive. Kelly Murphy did the first session. We worked on character and the difference in how a character would be illustrated for different audiences. The more simpler the character the younger the audience.<br />
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Laurent Linn worked with us in the afternoon session. Some of the illustrators brought artwork for him to critique. Laurent had given a story for us to illustrate a spread from.</div>
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I wasn't able to create anything because I was perfecting my portfolio. But here are a couple photos from the critique. </div>
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<span style="text-indent: 2px;">Laurent is talking about </span><a href="http://amyfarrier.com/" style="text-indent: 2px;" target="_blank">Amy Farrier's</a><span style="text-indent: 2px;"> piece</span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-indent: 2px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">And here is the book that the story came from.</span></div>
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This is the Cakelustration banner that I did for the <a href="http://swtexas.scbwi.org/">SCBWI - Southwest Texas</a>. This was a challenge since it is such a long horizontal image. Did I mention that it is a margarita cake with a margarita lime flavored buttercream icing. "Are you drooling yet?" I made a few cupcakes with the left over batter. I brushed a touch of tequila over them, added tequila in the icing and my husband said they were the best cupcakes he had ever had!</div>
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I will be doing a Google Chat with illustrator and teacher <a href="http://howtobeachildrensbookillustrator.com/NewCoursehome2/">Mark Mitchell from Make you Mark, Make your Splashes</a> next week on the process of this illustration. Please join us Thursday, February 13 at 12:00 p.m. central time. Mark Mitchell has an on-line course on How to Be a Children's Book Illustrator, I would highly recommend his course to anyone who is interested in getting into the children's book industry. Not only do you learn watercolor techniques, you will also have opportunities to critique, be critiqued and meet up online with professionals in the children's book industry. </div>
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I have also invited a few of my kid-lit friends to join me in the chat. <a href="http://www.richardjessewatson.com/">Richard Jesse Watson</a>, <a href="http://www.carolynflores.com/">Carolyn Dee Flores</a>, <a href="http://joyfisherhein.com/">Joy Fisher Hein</a>, <a href="http://www.tinawissner.com/">Tina Wissner</a>, and <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/members-public/shannon-morgan">Shannon Morgan</a>, maybe joining us in the chat. I also invited a long time friend and talented cake artist <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Cakes/343807649016850">Scott Bradshaw</a>.</div>
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I am so ecstatic that my Cakelustration won the <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/winner-of-the-2014-tomie-depaola-award-is-announced/" target="_blank">2014 SCBWI Tomie dePaola</a> Children's book Illustration competition! Tomie dePaola is an award winning Illustrator.<br />
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From the SCBWI Website:<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://www.tomie.com/" target="_blank">Tomie</a> has been a long time member of the Board of Advisors (he is now emeritus), was instrumental in changing the name of the original organization to include illustrators, founded the Illustrator’s Committee of the SCBWI board which produces events especially for illustrators, taught the first master class at an SCBWI conference, and is featured on the DVD</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span><a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/About-SCBWI-Master-Class" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Master Class</a> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">produced and distributed by the SCBWI. He has made a singularly important contribution to the growth and mission of the SCBWI.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.200000762939453px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Tomie generously financed the Tomie dePaola award until 2011 when the SCBWI chose to fund it as a permanent award in recognition of Tomie’s outstanding contribution to the SCBWI, and especially to our illustrator members. </span> </span><br />
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I can't believe it! This is an amazing accomplishment for me and I want to thank everyone that gave me inspiration. Especially SCBWI-SWTX Regional Advisor <a href="https://twitter.com/nomadshan" target="_blank">Shannon Morgan</a> and Pal's Coordinator <a href="http://www.carolynflores.com/" target="_blank">Carolyn Flores</a>, who by the way, gave me the suggestion to illustrate with cake. I also want to thank all my SCBWI friends who have been my cheerleaders along the way. Last but not least I want to thank Tomie for thinking my illustration was worthy of such an honor. I took a chance at trying an illustration in cake medium and it has really paid off. It is a fun medium to work with, and I get to lick my fingers as I work, "wouldn't you?"<br />
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I have been busy making cakes for friends and family, but never thought of illustrating with the medium. There are many talented cake artist who put characters on cakes, but there are very few who make the character or character's out of cake. Who doesn't like cake? And especially children! I'm not sure why there has not been a children's book illustrated by cake and sugar art, but I am hoping that I can change that. It maybe challenging, but I am always up for a challenge!<br />
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I'm looking forward to having lunch with Tomie dePaola in New York City!<br />
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I'll post my cakelustration process soon!<br />
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Here is my entry to this years <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/" target="_blank">SCBWI </a> <a href="http://tomie.com/" target="_blank">Tomie dePaola</a> competition. We were assigned a poem to illustrate for a potential book to be pitched to parents of toddlers and young preschoolers.<br />
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The ball of the illustration is a yellow cake. The elephant, mouse, and background are made with fondant and gum-paste. My favorite part of this cake is the mouse's whiskers, they are made of isomalt.(sugar)<br />
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I have been so busy making cakes that I really haven't had time to draw. But it doesn't mean I haven't been creating. I wanted to blog about how creating designer cakes is an art. I have been making cakes since I was in high school, but had not really used fondant or other sugar cake products until recently. It has been so much fun to see what I can come up with.<br />
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I love to bake!!! My children are a bit spoiled because there is always something homemade to munch on at our house. It's amazing we don't all weigh 300 pounds.<br />
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I started making cakes for friends and families as gifts when I went to their parties. My kid's friends started requesting cakes from me. I've had so many request I had to start charging. My illustrator friend <a href="http://www.carolynflores.com/" target="_blank">Carolyn Flores</a> suggested I make my illustrations out of cake. What a great idea! I really enjoy the process and the final outcome. Many people can't believe that cakes can me made into so many shapes.<br />
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Recently Texas passed a law that bakers could sell from their homes. I took the online class and now have the certificates, so I guess I'm now an official home baker. Send me your orders! :)<br />
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Here are some of the most recent cakes that I have made:<br />
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Our assignment for the SCBWI-SWTX workshop with <a href="http://www.richardjessewatson.com/" target="_blank">Richard Jesse Watson</a></div>
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This is an illustration that I did for our 2013 workshop with illustrator and writer <a href="http://www.richardjessewatson.com/" target="_blank">Richard Jesse Watson</a>. Our assignment was to put a Paradigm shift in the hundred acre woods.<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div>
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I have been playing with oil paints on paper. The images are much clearer and this process makes it much easier to reproduce. I am also enjoying the style and the way the colors just seem to pop.</div>
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I recently put these on my new flicker site: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44642868@N02/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/44642868@N02/</a></div>
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I recently submitted a finished picture book to several publishers. At the moment I do not have an agent, so I am responsible for all inquiries. It is not an easy task nor is it inexpensive. I spent a lot of time and energy researching, printing, and constructing my book dummy. I sent out 9 packages in the mail to various publishers. (9 doesn't seem like a lot but when each package cost about $20 each, it starts to adds up!) I have received 4 of my packages back, 1 never reached the publisher, 2 with form letters, and one that I was very pleased with. It wasn't a contract but it was a form letter with a personal note attached to it. I want to thank Al Krysan from Finney Company for taking the time to actually write something positive and constructive. Just a few personal notes from an editor or art director gives me a little hope that maybe someday I will be able to share my stories and illustrations. </div>
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Personal note from Al Krysan, Finney Company.</div>
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Boyds Mill Press enclosed the <a href="http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/" target="_blank">2013 Highlights Children's Writers and Illustrators workshop</a> calendar. It was a nice addition to the form letter but, I'm not sure if it was for my enrichment or that my writing was so bad they thought I could use some help! I'll assume it is for perfecting my craft of writing and illustrating. :)</div>
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